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i've never read good, 

but that was partly because i didn't have the patience to find anything good to read.

who wants to read when you can eat? or watch tv? or play on the jungle gym?

but these days, with streets too slippery for a bicycle,

and an entire world of angry birds that took but three days to beat,

what else is a girl to do on the subway??

{or during the hour of just violas and winds, please, starting at measure three}

so here's what i've read recently:

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

mark haddon

it might make you think that you're autistic,

or for a temporary time think and talk in a very literal,

and relentlessly detail-oriented manner,

but the cover is a beautiful bright orange, and it is a yummy novel.

this is water

david foster wallace

it's not a book, it's a speech, and here it is. 

if you're stressed because the costco bag of potstickers that you were on the fence about buying in the first place expired before you could even eat a third of them, or if you missed every single one of the 36 grace notes in your big solo note in rehearsal today, read it. 

water for elephants

sara gruen

sigh. so, so, so sweet. and lovable. 

and not in that girly way, because one of my friends who is extremely macho and nicknamed squanto had no reservations in telling me that he is in love with this book. 

*****

i'm on the market for more books, now. 

i tried the poisonwood bible. 

but now i am only reading it because i feel bad for spending moneys on it.

so i need another one now.

oh, and what is that sandwich you ask?

why it's a grilled gruyere and grammy smith apple on ciabatta sandwich! 

served with sierra nevada pale ale mustards, of course.

--yeh!!!

the little lunchable that could

first it was an overly boozy risotto because i ran out of veggie broth 

and had to use an entire bottle of wine to compensate,

then it was eat an entire box of macaroni and cheese alone in a practice room 

in between shedding movements of messages of the late r.v. troussova,

and tomorrow it shall be my mustard-y take on the best thing 

that ever happened to elementary school lunches {until the bosco stick came along}

...

i just want to ride my bike.

--yeh!!!!

little lunches

 little lunch #2

clockwise from top left: fuji apple, mustards, smokey gouda, ciabatta, cutter, apple champagne {?} chicken wiener, carrots, an itsy bitsy nutella

 little lunch #1

clockwise from top left: a medium-well boiled egg, grammy smith apple, milka dark chocolate, the necessary utensils, ciabatta, mystery jam that was not the original jam that came in that little jar, a single-use wheel of brie.

not pictured: the little salt packet for my egg. simply not photogenic.

*****

when i brought little lunch #1 to school,

someone said your lunch is like a picnic

and i said so?

and then another person said all of molly's life is a picnic!

and i didn't know whether to take that positively or negatively so i took it positively 

and then brought little lunch #2 to school,

and one of my friends who has a british accent looked at my satchel and said shouldn't we be in another eera roit now?

and then someone else said my boyfriend is jealous of your lunch.

and then maria said can i have some nutella?

and i said yes.

because picnics are for sharing and happy time.

i've also had various variations on little lunches #1 and #2. 

two of them included some prosciutto, which, even though it is red meat, i ate anyways because it was a gift. 

and prosciutto is a really good gift, you know.

in another eera, i will have a bit of wine to complete my little lunches. but as of now, twelve tone rows and city noir are best learned sober, most likely. 

more photos of lunches to come...

--yeh!! 

snowday sandwich

courtesy of kyle zerna

*this is a picture of not a snowday sandwich

ingredients:

lettuce

water

one (1) piece of oscar meyer bologna

white wonderbread

1 cup of mayonnaise 

directions:

put some lettuce in hot water, doesn't need to be boiling. take lettuce out of hot water, and put on bread. microwave the piece of bologna for 10 seconds and then put on top of lettuce. put mayonnaise (may use more than directed) on top of bologna, and then put the other bread on top and press very firmly. may be enjoyed with room temperature chocolate milk with an ice cube in it.

{special thanks to kyle}

yeh!!!!!